Thank god for my DOT bumper...but what's up with my DOT lights?

[bludodger at att.net]

Thanks for all the list input.

It did indeed turn out to be the brakelight switch. A
pretty easy fix, but I must say I was a little
overwhelmed to see the electrical nests of multi-colored
spaghetti under the dash. I would hate for something a
bit more complicated and unknown to go bad "down under".

While I was "down under" I noticed that there were other
switches on the pedals. I think there was another on the
brake bracket and one on the clutch bracket. They looked
identical to one another. They are black plastic, have a
two pronged electrical contact on them and both have a
vacuum line running to them. What are they? What do they
activate or deactivate. I am just curious to know.

Thanks again for the wonderful help of the list.
Hopefully a few months down the road I will be helping
the list as well as asking the list for help.


--
Blu
'88 80q--178,000mi.
> does your cruise work?
>
> your brake light switch may have been affected by the impact, time to
> crawl under the dash and do some testing...
>
> bludodger at att.net wrote:
> >
> > Hey Folks-
> >
> > Got bumped in the rear bumper (@ less than 5 MPH) and
> > there luckily was no damage to the car other than my
> > brake lights (alll three) stopped functioning. I doubt
> > it's the bulbs. Any other ideas?
> >
> > Thanks
> > --
> > Blu
> > '88 80q--178,000mi.
>
> --
> Huw Powell
>
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